BUSINESS Call center could mean about 300 jobs About...

March 02, 2006

BUSINESSCall center could mean about 300 jobs About 300 new jobs are on tap for Elkhart after the international charity Feed the Children granted a contract to InService America to staff its call center. The Virginia-based InService will add the jobs over the next 18 months, a company official said. C8LOCALIvy Tech to implement regional 'report cards' College students expect to receive report cards detailing their progress, but what if their campuses were handed report cards, too? Regional "report cards" are in the future for Ivy Tech Community College campuses, to track how well the statewide college is doing in its assigned task of becoming an engine for economic development in Indiana. B1Sulok: Couple sues Roseland over permit A fire last October left a gaping wound in the roof of a storage building at 215 Ullery St. in Roseland. Wind and rain poured in, exacerbating the damage caused by the smoke, flames and firefighters' axes. The owners wanted to repair the damage as soon as possible. Three days after the fire, Phillip Stephens, who is buying the building on a land contract, applied for a permit to replace the burnt roofing and trusses. The application should have been a slam-dunk. A repaired building is a lot more desirable than one with the blackened remnants of an arson fire. But the fire happened in Roseland, and nothing has been easy lately in that small town. B1Manager: Impact of fire could be worse From a glance, nothing seemed out of the ordinary Wednesday afternoon at Greenwood Shopping Center as customers whisked in and out of stores, picking up copies at Kinko's or stopping for coffee at Starbucks. But patrons walking closer to home leisure retailer The Great Escape may have noticed the slight smell of smoke coming from the store and the sound of high-powered vacuums echoing through the shop. B3